Dominic Barton is the worldwide Managing Director of management consulting firm McKinsey & Company. Prior to his current role, he was McKinsey’s Chairman of Asia from 2004-09, based in Shanghai, and he led McKinsey’s office in Korea from 2000-04.

Mr. Barton is an active participant in, among other things, the World Economic Forum at Davos, the Aspen Strategy Group and the World Bank and IMF meetings. He is also a prolific writer, authoring more than 80 articles on Asia, history and the issues and opportunities facing global and Asian markets. He is the co-author of “Dangerous Markets: Managing in Financial Crises” (2002) and his most recent book is “China Vignettes: An Inside Look at China” (2007).

Mr. Barton is a member of the Brookings Institution Foreign Policy Leadership Committee and is the Chairman of the International Advisory Committee to the President of South Korea on National Future and Vision. He was recently appointed to the Asian Development Bank Advisory Group on Human Resources Management and in 2008 was awarded the Magnolia Silver Prize by the Shanghai Government for his outstanding contributions to the city’s development.

Mr. Barton is a Rhodes Scholar with a Master of Philosophy degree in economics from Oxford University.

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Mr. Barton will deliver a keynote address entitled Asia’s Role in the World of 2017 at the conference. Click here to read the full conference schedule »